{"id":7247,"date":"2026-09-18T18:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nebackgammon.org\/?page_id=7247"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:34:45","slug":"season-summary-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nebackgammon.org\/index.php\/season-summary-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Summary 2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Club Champion: Alex Zamanian<\/h3>

Finalist: Dougie Roberts<\/h4><\/div>

Intermediate Player of the Year: Rich Morris<\/h3>

Finalist: Rob Rosenthal<\/h4><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Points Race” color=”green” border_width=”3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/5″]

Open<\/h3><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
1<\/th>Dougie Roberts<\/th>515<\/th><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2<\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>445<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Tony Wuersch<\/td>402<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Albert Steg<\/td>305<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Emir Kapanci<\/td>291<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Steve Douglas<\/td>220<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>David Kornwitz<\/td>209<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>John Leonard<\/td>182<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Rich Sweetman<\/td>178<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Brad Mampe<\/td>177<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Marty Gross<\/td>170<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Paul A. Caracciolo<\/td>155<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Tim Churella<\/td>129<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Olof Ingare<\/td>122<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Al Theriault<\/td>110<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Apo Pinar<\/td>106<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Tom O'Riordan<\/td>100<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Eric Sulkala<\/td>72<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Howard Rosenthal<\/td>61<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Marty Storer<\/td>55<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>Tim Yoshida<\/td>38<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Phil Perelmuter<\/td>37<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>Doug Crawford<\/td>32<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Doug Marsan<\/td>32<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Tom Peckham<\/td>29<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>Will Hohorst<\/td>28<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>Mike McElroy<\/td>21<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Cameron Govonlu<\/td>19<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>Sam Mirsky<\/td>15<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Steve Gregoire<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Joshua White<\/td>11<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>Atabak Mahram<\/td>10<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>Bob Zimmerman<\/td>10<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>Stephen Hassman<\/td>7<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>Paul Plumptre<\/td>7<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>Saeed Noroozi<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>Ed Ahola<\/td>4<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>John Deely<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>Hovik Melkomian<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>Kim Mullin<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>Eric Packer<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>Dan Whitney<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_single_image image=”2148″ img_size=”500×500″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/5″]

Intermediate<\/h3><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
1<\/th>Saeed Noroozi<\/th>334<\/th><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2<\/td>Rashid Zakeri<\/td>274<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Rob Rosenthal<\/td>258<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>David Zarchan<\/td>240<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Rich Morris<\/td>189<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Brian Emero<\/td>181<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Dan Volchok<\/td>181<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Lee Denis<\/td>155<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Juan Buks<\/td>101<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Phil Barat<\/td>97<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>George Marinakis<\/td>95<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Stefanie Madanian<\/td>86<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Michael Crystal<\/td>82<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Steve Gregoire<\/td>80<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Nikhil Kalghatgin<\/td>77<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Jim Sisti<\/td>77<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Peter Holland<\/td>73<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Kevin Elliot<\/td>65<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Ian Maguire<\/td>56<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Don Weng<\/td>45<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>Ofer Mazor<\/td>44<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Pam Keeney<\/td>38<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>Amy Bucklin<\/td>36<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Troy Leonard<\/td>34<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Constantine Brocoum<\/td>32<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>Chris Rusch<\/td>30<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>Matt Hoffman<\/td>26<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Scott McGloin<\/td>23<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>Bob Coppola<\/td>20<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Bita Zakeri<\/td>19<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Carol O'Hearn<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>Kevin Shpritzer<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>Steve Welitoff<\/td>7<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>Nancy Bain<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>Tara Berman<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>Sara Goldberg<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>Apo Pinar<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>Sandy Sisti<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>Haley Clark<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>Marlene Foley<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>Matti Goldberg<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>Sarah Jones<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>Mackenzie Licata<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>Michael Mikaelyan<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>Loic Van Dieren<\/td>2<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”2025 – 2026 Tournament Results” color=”green” border_width=”3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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September<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (25)
\n1st: Steve Douglas
\n2nd: Paul A. Caracciolo
\nSemis: Eric Sulkala
\nSemis: Howard Rosenthal
\n1st Cons: Tom O’Riordan
\n2nd Cons: Emir Kapanci<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (12)
\n1st: Saeed Noroozi
\n2nd: Nikhil Kalghatgin
\nSemis: Chris Rusch
\n1st Cons: Rob Rosenthal
\n2nd Cons: Dan Volchok<\/div>\n

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October<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (27)
\n1st: Dougie Roberts
\n2nd: Al Theriault
\nSemis: Alex Zamanian
\nSemis: Phil Perelmuter
\n1st Cons: Albert Steg
\n2nd Cons: Rich Sweetman<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (10)
\n1st: Lee Denis
\n2nd: Rich Morris
\nSemis: Juan Buks
\n1st Cons: Stefanie Madanian
\n2nd Cons: Brian Emero<\/div>\n

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November<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (23)
\n1st: Dougie Roberts
\n2nd: Emir Kapanci
\nSemis: Tony Wuersch
\nSemis: Albert Steg
\n1st Cons: John Leonard
\n2nd Cons: Alex Zamanian<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (15)
\n1st: Rashid Zakeri
\n2nd: Peter Holland
\nSemis: Phil Barat
\nSemis: Rich Morris
\n1st Cons: Dan Volchok
\n2nd Cons: Kevin Elliot<\/div>\n

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December<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span>\u00a0(20)
\n1st: Emir Kapanci
\n2nd: Tony Wuersch
\nSemis: Rich Sweetman
\nSemis: Doug Crawford
\n1st Cons: David Kornwitz
\n2nd Cons: Apo Pinar<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span>\u00a0(11)
\n1st: Juan Buks
\n2nd: George\u00a0 Marinakis
\nSemis: Bita Zakeri
\n1st Cons: David Zarchan
\n2nd Cons: Brian Emero<\/div>\n

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January<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (21)
\n1st: Alex Zamanian
\n2nd: Brad Mampe
\nSemis: Marty Gross
\nSemis: Tim Churella
\n1st Cons: Steve Douglas
\n2nd Cons: Tony Wuersch<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (19)
\n1st: Rashid Zakeri
\n2nd: David Zarchan
\nSemis: Steve Gregoire
\nSemis: Brian Emero
\n1st Cons: Rob Rosenthal
\n2nd Cons: Ian Maguire<\/div>\n

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February<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (20)
\n1st: Tim Churella
\n2nd: Tony Wuersch
\nSemis: David Kornwitz
\nSemis: Doug Marsan
\n1st Cons: Dougie Roberts
\n2nd Cons: Albert Steg<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (16)
\n1st: Rob Rosenthal
\n2nd: Dan Volchok
\nSemis: Nikhil Kalghatgin
\nSemis: Matt Hoffman
\n1st Cons: Saeed Noroozi
\n2nd Cons: Steve Gregoire<\/div>\n

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March<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span>\u00a0(21)
\n1st: Alex Zamanian
\n2nd: Marty Gross
\nSemis: Marty Storer
\nSemis: Apo Pinar
\n1st Cons: Dougie Roberts
\n2nd Cons: Albert Steg<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span>\u00a0(20)
\n1st: Michael Crystal
\n2nd: Rashid Zakeri
\nSemis: David Zarchan
\nSemis: Brian Emero
\n1st Cons: Saeed Noroozi
\n2nd Cons: Troy Leonard<\/div>\n

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April<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (17)
\n1st: Alex Zamanian
\n2nd: Brad Mampe
\nSemis: Tom O’Riordan
\nSemis: John Leonard
\n1st Cons: Dougie Roberts
\n2nd Cons: Paul A. Caracciolo<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (14)
\n1st: Rich Morris
\n2nd: David Zarchan
\nSemis: Amy Bucklin
\n1st Cons: Rob Rosenthal
\n2nd Cons: George\u00a0 Marinakis<\/div>\n

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May<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Open Division<\/span> (14)
\n1st: Tony Wuersch
\n2nd: Dougie Roberts
\nSemis: Rich Sweetman
\n1st Cons: Albert Steg
\n2nd Cons: David Kornwitz<\/p>\n

Intermediate Division<\/span> (21)
\n1st: Saeed Noroozi
\n2nd: David Zarchan
\nSemis: Brian Emero
\nSemis: Lee Denis
\n1st Cons: Jim Sisti
\n2nd Cons: Don Weng<\/div>\n

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